* AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE QUAD STATE REGION LATE THIS WEEK AS A NEARLY STATIONARY PATTERN DEVELOPS OVER THE REGION. WIDESPREAD RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE ALL IS SAID AND DONE SATURDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT... AS THIS SYSTEM WILL BE LADEN WITH MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.

* PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. THIS RAINFALL WILL ALSO LIKELY AGGRAVATE ONGOING RIVER FLOODING ACROSS THE REGION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.

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... AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY...

.....AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CREEP SLOWLY NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS LATE THIS WEEK.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Special Weather Statement....DENSE FOG!

Issued by The National Weather ServicePaducah, KY

Tue, Mar 3, 7:27 pm CST

... LOCALLY DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...

THOSE OF YOU TRAVELING THROUGH THE QUAD STATE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY DUE TO AREAS OF DENSE FOG THIS EVENING.

WARM SOUTHERLY BREEZES ARE BRINGING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION. THIS WARM AIR IS MOVING OVER THE RELATIVELY COLD GROUND. THIS IS CAUSING THE AIR NEAR THE SURFACE TO BECOME QUITE SATURATED... LEADING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOG. THE FOG WILL BE LOCALLY DENSE AT TIMES AND MAY VARY RAPIDLY FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER.

BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING ON ROADWAYS. MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP YOUR HEADLIGHTS ON LOW... SIGNAL YOUR INTENTIONS WELL AHEAD OF TIME... SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOURSELF AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.

AS RAIN CONTINUES TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION... VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE FOG WILL LIKELY IMPROVE SOME. DRIVERS WILL THEN NEED TO BE WATCHFUL FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

Issued by The National Weather ServicePaducah, KY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: RAIN SHOULD BEGIN CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST STARTING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL PROGRESS SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE OHIO RIVER. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* MAIN IMPACT: BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM FOUR TO SIX INCHES GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MOUNT CARMEL ILLINOIS TO PERRYVILLE TO VAN BUREN TO DONIPHAN MISSOURI. SOUTH AND EAST OF THAT LINE SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. AN EIGHT TO TEN INCH SWATH OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE GENERALLY TWENTY-FIVE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM NEW MADRID MISSOURI TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY. AS MUCH AS ONE INCH OF SLEET MAY FALL PRIOR TO THE SNOW... PARTICULARLY ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY AND FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

* OTHER IMPACTS: THIS MUCH SNOW AND SLEET WILL PRODUCE TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL ISSUES ACROSS THE REGION. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH IN THE OUTCOME OF THIS STORM SYSTEM SO MAKE PREPARATIONS NOW. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENTS TO SNOWFALL TOTALS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Wednesday morning through late Wednesday night.

Issued by The National Weather ServicePaducah, KY

Mon, Mar 2, 3:22 pm CST

... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING: RAIN SHOULD BEGIN CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST STARTING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT: BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM FOUR TO SIX INCHES GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ROCKPORT INDIANA TO DEXTER MISSOURI WITH SIX TO TEN INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH AND EAST OF THAT LINE.

* OTHER IMPACTS: THIS MUCH SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS TRAVEL ISSUES ACROSS THE REGION. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS NOW FOR THIS UPCOMING WINTER STORM AND STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES AND THE POSSIBLE UPGRADE TO A WINTER STORM WARNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD GREATLY IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. THIS WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF WINTER STORM CONDITIONS BECOME MORE CERTAIN.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Special Weather Statement with regards to significant snow accumulations possible mid-week!

ANOTHER WINTER STORM POSES THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT. IN ITS WAKE... TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY DROP BELOW FREEZING EARLY WEDNESDAY.

AS THE COLD AIR RUSHES IN BEHIND THE FRONT... RAIN IS FORECAST TO CHANGE OVER TO A PERIOD OF SLEET BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW ACROSS ALL BUT SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY... WHERE THE TRANSITION FROM SLEET TO SNOW MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

LESS THAN IDEAL CONFIDENCE IN A DAY 3 EVENT PRECLUDES AN EXACT FORECAST OF SNOW AMOUNTS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... CONFIDENCE IS GROWING THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY RESULT IN POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS ALL OR PART OF THE QUAD STATE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST MONDAY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* THIS CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND MAY LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS... MAKE SURE TO WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. DRESS IN LAYERS IF POSSIBLE AND WEAR A HEAVY COAT. PETS SHOULD BE GIVEN ADEQUATE SHELTER OR BROUGHT INDOORS. MAKE SURE WATER DISHES DO NOT FREEZE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE WIND CHILLS OF 10 BELOW ZERO TO 25 BELOW ZERO.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has upgraded Stoddard County to a FLOOD ADVISORY.

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...